Pramesh Jain
Telangana man arrested by NCB in major Alprazolam drug racket 150 grams Alprazolam and Rs.4.83 lakhs of proceeds of drug seized
In continuation of busting of major Alprazolam manufacturing and trafficking interstate network linked to Bidar and Karnataka and in Andhra Pradesh.
The NCB officials has arrested Baddigari Pandu Goud,Shadnagar,Mahbubnagar,Telengana and seized 150 gms of Alprazolam and Rs.4.83 from him after searching his house on Friday.
Senior officer said,He was running spurious liquor racket using Alprazolam chemical and selling it to the people who are mostly from lower income group and labour class.
During his interrogation it is found that,the accused had sourced the chemical from the main conspirator S Bhaskar .
The NCB Bangalore during the raid in June seized 91.3 kgs of Alprazolam from his factory situated in industrial area in Bidar in June this year,Amit Ghawate ,Zonal Director,NCB,said .
Investigations so far revealed that the he was preparing spurious toddy by using alprazolam and other chemicals.
He is involved in the trade of spurious toddy for last eight years and during interrogation he has shared details of many such spurious toddy shops details which are involved in this racket.
The NCB Hyderabad has also taken up this matter with other state agencies of Telangana for further investigation and action against this spurious toddy seller in the state of Telangana.
It is being found that this spurious toddy is prepared by adding many harmful chemical and further investigation is on.
Finally NCB acknowledges the dedicated efforts of Amit Ghawate,(Zonal Director,NCB Bangalore), Sumit Arya, Superintendent and other officers associated to the case at NCB,Hyderabad Sub Zonal Unit.
